Type-writing machine.



E. B. HESS.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3; 1911 Paltented Feb. 9, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

Application filed'June 3. 1911. Serial No. 631,071.

To czZZ whom it may concern:

it known that I, .EDWARD B. Hnss, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have inrented a certain new and useful Improveill'ill'iij in Type-Writing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

'lihis invention relates to card holding devices of the general character set forth in i'. ii. Letters Patent No. 950,326 granted to use Feb. 1910 and constitutes an improvement thereupon. l

The details are hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a front elevation: Fig. 2,a partial transverse section: Fig. 3, a front elevation of a part of the card holding device:-Fig. a front elevation. of another part of said device: Fig. 5, a front elevation showing a modified form of a part of the card holding device indicated in Fig. and Fig. 6, a dctail view showing" one of two brackets that may be employed to adjustably support the parts of the card holding device shown 'in Figs. 3 and The invention is shown as applied to a ty 'icwriting machine of the style known as the Royal Standard.

3G 1 indicates the shift rail; 2 the front feed rolls: 3 the platen and l the usual scale barf Suitably disposed on each side of the central point-11 6., the printing point, upon the top of the shift rail and approp rialel secured thereto by screw .bolts are lit angle brackets 5 that may be made of ct metal. The horizontal hangs has an aperture '5 for the reception of a screw to attach. it to a shift rail and the vertical member of the bracket has a tapped aperture 7.

Fig. shows an integral card holding plate made of sheet-inetalhavinga straight upper edge designed to be parallel with the axis of the platen and closely adjacent the so printing line and engraved with a scale 9. (Jllil'illly it is formed with a recess in the edge to permit the passage of the type heads to the printing point on the platen; and on each side thereof it is cut away, as at 11, 11

cut away parts are not essentrcmc end at each side is inclined laterally and forwardly as at 12 and curled over outwardly as at 13. The lower "hrs of this plate is turned'rearwardly as l4- and from the rear edge thereof there extend downwardly projections 15, 15, each formed with a. vertical slot 16. llach of the projections 15 is secured to the vertical part of a bracket 5 by a clamp bolt 17 that extends through the slot and into the tapped no aperture 7. This construction affords a un ons of adjusting? the card holding plate and guide in exact relation to the printing point and parallel with the line of print. Centrally of the machine and between the brackets 5 is ecured another member of the card holding device ireferably of sheet metal and having a horizontal foot 18 screwed to the top face of the shift rail, 21-

vertirally extending, part 19, a forwardly extending part 20 from the front of which there extends vertically arms or fingers 20 more or less resilient and lying opposite or extending into the cut away places or recesses ll of the plate These arms are preferably extended t laterally, as zit-21 and then vertically. their upper ends are of trowel-like shape, are concavo-convex with the convex side turned to the platen 3 in suitable proximity thereto, and are curved rearwardly to conform generally to the curvature of the platen. These trowel shaped ends 22 extend beyond the scale edge 9 of the plate 8 across and beyond the line of, print on the platen. g5

- The arms 20 may be bent or shaped to lie -in a plane flush with the plane of the surface of the plate 8 or they may overlie the plate 8 in the event that the plate is, as indicated in Fig, 5, formed without the out aw.a v portions or recesses 11. The plate 8' of Fig. 5 or the arms 20 and the plate 8 as in Figs. 1 and 2, serve to hold an inserted sheet or card close against the platen at the line of print; and'the parts 2:2 impose upon the paper or card rearward curvature compelling it to conform more or less closely to the curvature of the platen so that it lies against, or closely contiguous thereto, to insure sharp impressions from the'type. A device such as this does not materially obstruct the View of the printed matter and v serves very 'efiiciently to hold an inserted" sheet to be printed upon, particularlya stiff card or envelop. It maybe used in connection with cooperating paper clamps or rollers bearing against the upper face of theplaten and terminating in a line above the extreme upper end of the parts and fingers 22 so that they will be entirely not only out 110 of the pathsof the type in making an im' pression, but in such position that in the transverse movement of the carriage they cannot collide with the parts 22. The ends 12, 13, of the plate 8 are deflected laterally and forwardly as indicated so as to insure that the edge of the sheet in the machine Will be directed gradually and smoothly between the rear face of plate 8 and the surface of the vplaten.

A machine of the generalcharacter indicated Fig. 1 will, of course, be equipped with the usual ribbon vibrator and will preferably have a type bar guide mounted upon the shift rail 1 and upon which a ribbon vibrator is guided in its vertical movement. This is a usual form of construction and is that present in the Well-known Royal Standard machine.

Lclaim:

1. in a visible writing machine a card holding plate mounted on the machine and stationary With respect to the transverse movement of the platen and having a straight upper edge provided with a scale located closely adjacent the line of print, independent card holding arms independently mounted upon the machine and also stationary with respect to the' transverse movement of the platen and extending. up along said plate and beyond its edge across the line of print.

, 2. In a visible Writing machine a card holding plate adjustably mounted on platen shift-rail and stationary with respect to the transverse movement of the platen and hav ing a straight upper edge provided with a scale adapted to be located closely adjacent the line of print, and a central opening for red on the machine and stationary Wit usages? the passage of the types to the printing point, independent card holding arms 1ndependently mounted upon the platen shiftrail and also stationary with respect to the transverse movemento'f the platen and ere tending up along said plate and beyond its bined with an independent part also-mounth respect to the transverse movement of the platen and-having upwardly, extending arms lying opposite or in the side openings in said plate and also having end portions extending beyond the edge of the plate and across and beyond the line of print.

l. In a visible Writing machine the combination with the platen shift rail of brackets mounted thereon, a vertically disposed plate 8 adjustably mounted in the brackets and independent paper guide arms also mounted upon the shift rail and extend-i ing up along the plate and having its upper end portions extending beyond and across the line of print.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

ED'WARD B. HESS. ll itnesses:

T, C. MYERS, GEORGE F. HANDLEY. 

